2015 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Fuchs Leads First Team to Observe X-Ray Phenomenon

Using an enormous X-ray laser — one of only two such machines on Earth — UNL physicist Matthias Fuchs and other scientists from around the world beat formidable odds to observe one of the most fundamental interactions between X-rays and matter.

Building a Biofuel-Boosting Swiss Army Knife

Researchers at Michigan State University have built a molecular Swiss Army knife that streamlines the molecular machinery of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, making biofuels and other green chemical production from these organisms more viable.

Tuning Polymer Interpenetration

Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered new ways to control and tune how nanoparticles arrange themselves in polymer matrices, which could open new ways to tailor the properties of new materials.

Atomic Fractals in Metallic Glasses

Researchers at Caltech have shown that metallic glasses do have an atomic-level structure—if you zoom in closely enough—although it differs from the periodic lattices that characterize crystalline metals.

Dark Energy Probe Involving the University of Michigan Reaches Critical Milestone

University of Michigan researchers will build critical components of DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument whose mission is to shed light on the role of dark energy in the history of the universe's expansion.

Printing Lightweight, Flexible, and Functional Materials

Harvard researchers have designed new multimaterial printheads that mix and print concentrated viscoelastic inks that allow for the simultaneous control of composition and geometry during printing.

Physics Flexes its Muscles

‘High energy’ researchers at Northern Illinois University attract $1.77 million in new grants.

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Discovery of a Highly Efficient Catalyst Eases Way to Hydrogen Economy

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are splitting water into hydrogen fuel with a sunlight powered catalyst composed of common and less costly elements such as phosphorus, sulfur, and cobalt.

How to Spawn an “Exceptional Ring”

MIT researchers create exotic states that could lead to new kinds of sensors and optical devices.

NMSU Physics Department Granted $465,000 for Nuclear and Particle Physics Research

A project within the New Mexico State University Department of Physics has been awarded $465,000, bringing its total funding to more than $10,000,000 and allowing the department to remain at the forefront of experimental nuclear and particle physics.

Rice Physicists Find Surprising ‘Liquid-Like’ Particle Interactions in Large Hadron Collider

Discovery by the Rice researchers could lead to new insights into Quark-Gluon-Plasma, a state of matter that was last common in the universe a millionth of a second after the Big Bang.

Smarter Window Materials Can Control Light and Energy

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin are one step closer to delivering smart windows with a new level of energy efficiency, engineering materials that allow windows to reveal light without transferring heat and, conversely, to block light while allowing heat transmission, as described in two new research papers.